Brazil, Brazil Railway Co., bonds for £100, £200, and 500 francs, all 1909, and 2 x warrants for preference shares, 1910-12, all with same vignette of train crossing bridge, also bond for 500 francs, 1909, with different vignette of train crossing brick built bridge, various colours, mostly VF. (6).

Italy, Société Anonyme for the Sale of State Domains of the Kingdom of Italy, coupons de jouissance to bearer, series K and series D, both 1865, both ornate with Italian arms at top, also S.p.A. Silos di Genova, 2 x certificates, both 1953, and Societa della Ferrovia Sicula Occidentale Palermo-Marsala-Trapani, unissued, Rome 1930, all VF. (5).

U.S.A. City and County of San Francisco, Board of Public Works, (CA), uncancelled $1,000 Montgomery Avenue Gold bond, 1873, vignettes of city view, figures representing agriculture and commerce, City seal at top, black on yellow, with coupons, central fold, otherwise, VF. (1).

U.S.A., Centre Turnpike Road, leading from Reading to Sunbury, certificate for one share, dated 1821, share held by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, scrollwork at left, small format, black, embossed seal depicts gate, very clean condition for age, VF. (1).

U.S.A., Robbstown and Mountpleasant Turnpike Road, certificate No.185 for one share, dated 1826, share held by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, very small format, black, feint embossed seal, some edge damage which affects one of the signatures, otherwise AVF, scarce. (1).

U.S.A., Susquehanna Bridge Company, Mc Call?s Ferry, certificate No.357 for one share, dated 1814, made out to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the companies object was to erect a permanent bridge over the Susquehanna River at or near Mc Call?s ferry, ornate border, black, embossed seal, very clean condition for age, VF. (1).

U.S.A.,American Express Co., capital 2,000 shares, certificate No.657 for five shares, New York, 1860, vignette of dogs head at centre flanked by dockside scene, signed by Henry Wells, William Fargo and Alexander Holland, black, as is usual with this issue, discolouration to paper, otherwise AVF. (1).

US Ephemera - Texas Civil War Treasury Warrant for Military Service 1861 giving 10% per annum interest. Otsego County Bank, Coppertown cheque for $8.82 cents dated 1842 and signed by Fennimore Cooper (famous American writer). Three Pence note, Hartford 1777. Good very fine, all ex Stanley Gibbons auctions.

Bank of England Exchequer Bill for £100 11 March 1892 serial number 1 signed by the secretary to her majesty's treasury probably presented to a dignitary GVF or better with 8 centrally punched holes, rare

British and world cheques & ephemera (42) a mixed group with cheques from 1880's to 1970s, nearly all different, various receipts, South Africa Specimen cheques (2,) cheques from Hartlepool 1885, Bath 1885, viewing recommended

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